This post presents a collection of quotes from rabbinic liturgy describing the significance of Jerusalem in Jewish tradition.
Quotes from the Sages About Jerusalem
« Whoever did not see Jerusalem in her glory has never seen a beautiful city »
— Sukkah 51b
« Ten measures of beauty descended to the world, Jerusalem took nine »
— Kidushin 49b
« Jerusalem is the light of the world »
— Bereshit Rabbah 59
« The Land of Israel sits at the center of the world and Jerusalem sits at the center of the Land of Israel »
— Tanchuma Kedoshim 10
« There is no beauty like that of Jerusalem »
— Avot of Rabbi Natan 28
« All who pray in Jerusalem – it is as if he prayed before the throne of glory, because the gate of heaven is situated there »
— Pirkei de-Rabbi Eliezer 35